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Ethoxyquin in Hills z/d low allergen - comments?
Rene S alerted me to questionable ingredients in some of the prescription
food, and sure enough I saw this one that really scared me: Ethoxyquin A Google search turns up: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...rch&ie=UT F-8 &oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gw and all these posts: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...+behav/search? q=Ethoxyquin+&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en& Should I ask for a refund and return the food? |
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Ethoxyquin in Hills z/d low allergen - comments?
Rene S alerted me to questionable ingredients in some of the prescription
food, and sure enough I saw this one that really scared me: Ethoxyquin A Google search turns up: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ethoxyquin&btnG=Google+Search&ie=UT F-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gw and all these posts: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.pets.cats.health+behav/search?q=Ethoxyquin+&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en& Should I ask for a refund and return the food? The stuff you quote there suggests it's a scare whipped up by people who like to feel conspired against. I didn't see a single instance where it might even remotely have been implicated in a cat's health problem. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Ethoxyquin in Hills z/d low allergen - comments?
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote in
: Rene S alerted me to questionable ingredients in some of the prescription food, and sure enough I saw this one that really scared me: Ethoxyquin A Google search turns up: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...ogle+Search&ie =UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gw and all these posts: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...av/search?q=Et hoxyquin+&start=0&scoring=d&hl=en& Should I ask for a refund and return the food? The stuff you quote there suggests it's a scare whipped up by people who like to feel conspired against. I didn't see a single instance where it mig I just found this post by Phil P. from 2002. He seems to indicate that it's not that dangerous: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.p...sg/5be3c4a554c 20acc?hl=en& wrote in message ... From: "Chopsly" ... Oh, and no, I do not work for Monsanto or Novus. I work for a company that produces feed ingredients. We use EMQ because it is flat out the best antioxidant currently available. We have experimented over the years with replacements, but nothing comes close, and we can't risk our products on unproven, unacceptable antioxidants. Are you suggesting that all brands of dry cat food contain Ethoxyquin even though it may not be listed as an ingredient A pet food can contain an antioxidant (or any ingredient) without it being listed on the label. The FDA requires pet food manufacturers to list all the ingredients and sub-ingredients on the labels. However, the Code of Federal Regulations allows exceptions to this rule. Sub-ingredients could be an antioxidant added by a supplier and not the manufacturer. IOW, the manufacturer could have bought the fat compontent from a supplier already preserved with a chemical antioxidant. However, in many cases, the decision to include or exclude a sub-ingredient from the label depends of the amount of that ingredient in the final product - which is allowed by the Code of Federal Regulations. or that some brands (such as Nutro Max) contain unproven and unacceptable (in terms of safety) antioxidants ? No. Ethoxyquin has been studied for more than three-quarters of a century. The safety range of ethoxyquin is *very* wide and the amount used in pet foods is not remotely close to dangerous. The amount allowed as a preservative is 0.015%, which is an extremely low concentration. Any ingredient can be toxic if cat receives too much. Chemical preservatives are much more effective and actually safer than so-called "natural preservatives". Retarding oxidation *consumes* naturally occurring antioxidants and results in vitamin deficiency. Chemical preservatives spare other antioxidants and minimizes vitamin deficiency. Most people are under the erroneous impression that "Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols a Source of Vitamin E" means the cat is getting more vitamin E. This is not true. The type of vitamin E used as preservatives are *not* bioavailable to the cat. The bioavailable form of vitamin E is very unstable and the amount needed to retard rancidity would be *toxic*. If you look hard enough you'll find "adverse effects" for almost anything if its taken in large enough quantities. It all depends on the agenda of whose writing the article... However, there is not a single documented case of disease or death associated with ethoxyquin, BHT, or BHA in the Veterinary Medical Database at Purdue. So all the so-called "reports" and "studies" of the perils of chemical antioxidants should be taken with a grain of salt. Canned foods don't require *any* preservatives. Phil. |
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Ethoxyquin in Hills z/d low allergen - comments?
PawsForThought wrote: wrote: Rene S alerted me to questionable ingredients in some of the prescription food, and sure enough I saw this one that really scared me: Ethoxyquin There has been discussion in the past about using it in petfoods, and conflicting information. Personally I wouldn't feed any foods containing it to my cats, but that's just me. My opinion is since there are other options out there, why feed a food with questionable ingredients. Of course these are your cats and you need to be the one to decide what's in their best interest. I agree. If you're feeling uncomfortable about this, return the food and try another brand. |
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